I’ve had a magnificent experience thus far. Today was our second day recovering our instruments from the Mendocino Fracture Zone. I think it is pretty amazing how all these scientists on board are working like synchronized gears in a machine. Someone has a specific job. One is in charge of grappling the line between the […]
June 2: First day of EM recovery
Hello from the R/V Roger Revelle! I was one of the few fortunate ones that eased into life on board with no issues. I have had zero sea sickness and have had some of the best/deepest sleep thanks to the swaying of the boat. Day 4 was the kickoff for all Electromagnetic (EM) reader retrieval […]
06-01-2018
Life at sea begins pretty early aboard the R/V Roger Revelle. My alarm goes off at 6:15am; it’s time to wash my face, brush my teeth and arrange my mess of a hairdo. I stumble through the hallway grasping the sidewalls as the boat sways back and forth, taking my feet from me and giving […]
Day 2 aboard the RV Revelle
Hello from the R/V Roger Revelle! Day 2 has brought a beginning to the work shifts with students working four hours at a time. Experience in a ship environment is very immersive. There are several experienced members on board that are willing to talk about their various adventures and what they have learned. Captain Dave, […]
May 30 2018
Greetings from the Pacific Ocean! Day 1 has been an exciting start to our 12 days aboard the R/V Roger Revelle. We boarded at 7:00am and were shortly underway from the port in San Diego, California. None of the 9 students have ever been on board a ship like this. Some have experience on smaller […]
Everyone Finds their Sea Legs
My respect for the ocean substantially increased over the first 72 hours on the R/V Endeavor. I’ve never experienced such an incredible level of vulnerability. My land body was at the mercy of the ocean, and she definitely made sure that I was aware. Within the first 5 hours I found myself on the deck, […]
Blue
As I turn in a circle and look around, all I can see is blue. Blue is in the sky when I look up, and on the “ground” when I look down. The blue on the ground is moving. It goes up and down and sometimes twirls around. When the wind picks up, the peaks […]
Woman at Sea
“I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say ‘yes, women can’.” -Dilma Roussete Women make up only an estimated 2% of the world’s maritime workforce. Seeing that not many women go in this kind of workforce, there is a very special person here at […]
Just a Pteropod in a Really, Really Big Pond
As the sun rose behind the clouds I watched as two birds confidently approached the RV Endeavor. Other than the occasional Man O War floating by and all of the mysterious creatures living an unseen life below us, the swift movements of the birds tailing the stern reminded me of how isolated we are from […]
Disabled at sea.
As a person with varying degrees of mobility issues, thanks to a leg that I often lovingly and begrudgingly refer to as “robot leg”, (due to the amount of metal hardware inside that always gets me a pat down at airports) why would I even attempt to go out to sea? Because, even though I […]
